Camden Site Allocations Local Development Document 9th September 2013 Camden Site Allocations Contents Page Index to Sites 2 Borough Map Introduction What are Site Allocations? 4 Camden Site Allocations 4 What does this document cover? 4 Relationships to other documents and strategies 5 Sustainability appraisal and other assessments 6 Monitoring and Implementation 6 How this plan was prepared 6 Camden’s Spatial Objectives Managing growth 7 Growth areas and development sites 8 Site Allocations Identifying sites 11 Site Search 11 Criteria for Site Selection 11 Development Policies and Standards 12 Viability 12 Water Infrastructure 13 Gypsies and travellers 13 Site Schedule 14 -170 Appendices: UDP saved policies and allocations to be replaced by Camden Site Allocations 171 Water supply capacity and waste water services on identified sites 172 Index to Sites Page Section 1- Introduction 4 Section 2 - Kings Cross and St Pancras Area 14 Map of area Site 1 King’s Cross Growth Area 15 2 Camden Town Hall Extension 19 3 Lighthouse block, Pentonville Rd 22 4 277a Grays Inn Road 24 5 Midland Road Site, Land to rear of The British Library 27 6 4 St Pancras Way (St Pancras Hospital) 31 7 103 Camley Street 34 8 Land west of Westminster Kingsway College, 45 Sidmouth Street 37 Section 3 - Euston Area 39 Map of area 9 Euston Station, Euston Road 43 10 BHS Warehouse, 132-140 Hampstead Rd and 142 Hampstead Rd 47 11 Granby Terrace Depot 50 12 110-122 Hampstead Road (Former National Temperance Hospital) 53 13 1-39 Drummond Crescent (Euston Traffic Garage) 56 14 Westminster Kingsway College, Regent's Park Centre, Longford Street 58 Land at Goldsmith’s House and adjoining land, Cumberland Market Estate, Park 60 15 Village East/Augustus St Section 4 - Central London 65 Map(s) of area 67 Tottenham Court Road Area 16 St Giles Circus 69 17 The Royal Mail Sorting Office, 21-31 New Oxford Street 78 18 Land Bound by New Oxford Street, Museum Street and West Central Street 81 High Holborn Area 84 19 12-42 Southampton Row & 1-4 Red Lion Square 85 Land Bounded by 50-57 High Holborn, 18-25 Hand Court, 45-51 Bedford Row & 88 20 Brownlow Street Fitzrovia and Bloomsbury 91 21 Senate House (north block) Malet Street 100 22 26 Gordon Square and 15 Gordon Street 102 23 20-22 Gordon Street/Wates House 105 Farringdon 107 24 Phoenix Place 108 25 Herbal House, 10 Back Hill 111 26 Land bounded by Wren Street, Pakenham Street, Cubit Street, Langton Walk 114 Section 5 - West Hampstead and Swiss Cottage Area 117 Map of area 27 187-199 West End Lane 120 28 156 West End Lane 123 29 O2 Centre Car park 126 30 100 Avenue Road, Swiss Cottage 129 31 Belsize Road Car Park 132 Section 6 - Camden Town Area 135 Map of area 32 Hawley Wharf, Water Lane and 39-45 Kentish Town Road 137 33 202-212 Regents Park Road (Roundhouse car park) 142 34 2-12 Harmood Street and Rear of 34 Chalk Farm Road 145 35 Bangor Wharf, Georgiana Street 147 36 57 - 71 Pratt Street, 10 - 15 Georgiana Street And Royal College Street 150 37 24 - 58 Royal College Street 153 Section 7 - Other Areas 156 Kentish Town and Gospel Oak Map of area 115-117 Wellesley Road (including 2-16 Vicars Road) and Lismore Circus Health 157 38 Centre & Nursery 39 19-37 Highgate Road, Day Centre and 25 and 37 Greenwood Place 160 40 Kentish Town Police Station, 10A,12A, 14 Holmes Road 163 41 Fire Station, 20 Highgate Road 165 Hampstead 42 Former Nurses Hostel, 29 New End 167 Primrose Hill 40-49 St Edmunds Terrace, former car park and adjacent land to south of Barrow 169 43 Hill Reservoir 1 Introduction We have been preparing the next generation of Camden’s planning policies. These are a group of documents setting out our planning strategy and policies and are called a Local Development Framework (LDF). Our Local Development Framework replaces the Camden Unitary Development Plan (UDP) which was adopted in June 2006 and this document specifically sets out our planning approach for a number of sites and will affect how we make decisions on planning applications. What are Site Allocations? Camden Site Allocations sets out the Council’s key objectives and guidance for development of land and buildings on significant sites which are likely to be subject to development proposals during the lifetime of the Core Strategy (2010-2025). These allocations are intended to promote sustainable development and assist in delivering the priorities and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework, the Council’s Core Strategy and the London Plan. Allocations will generally set out a preferred use or mix of uses for a specific site.They may also set out further detail of policy context and criteria and guidance for development of sites and to set out other objectives to meet local needs and wider area requirements. These allocations need to be consistent with the Council’s Core Strategy and Development Policies. Camden Site Allocations This document follows on from our Issues and Options and Preferred Approach consultations in 2008 and 2009 and Additional Sites consultation in 2010. A final version of the plan was published in March 2012 for final representations before being submitted to the Secretary of State for examination. This document has been prepared in the context and consideration of: • Government Legislation and Policy • The London Plan • Adopted Core Strategy and Development Policies and supplementary planning guidance • Responses and comments from consultation during its preparation • Sustainability Appraisal • Engagement and co-operation with statutory bodies, public services and other agencies, developers and landowners • Planning decisions • Other evidence we have collected and commissioned • Placeshaping and infrastructure plans • Camden’s Community Strategy and other plans and strategies What does this plan cover? The plan: • Sets out the policy context and where this document sits in relation to other Local Plan and planning documents • Explains how this plan was prepared • Highlights the Core Strategy context which underpins the broad approach • Identifies key Growth Areas and the Council’s objectives for these areas • Identifies a number of significant sites and sets out planning guidelines and objectives Relationships to other documents and strategies Camden’s Local Plan This contains a number of other documents that will complement and have contributed to the Site Allocations plan. These are: • Core Strategy – this sets out the key elements of the Council’s planning vision and spatial strategy for the borough. All of our other planning documents must be consistent with it. The Core Strategy was adopted in November 2010. • Policies Map - allocated sites are included in a map which provides a graphic representation of the Councils spatial planning policies. • Development Policies - this supports the Core Strategy by setting out additional and more detailed planning policies that the Council will use when making decisions on applications for planning permission. Development Policies were adopted in November 2010. • Area Action Plans – these provide more detailed planning guidance for areas that are subject to more significant development pressures or change and can set out more specific objectives for those areas. An Area Action Plan is being prepared for the Fitzrovia area and an area plan is being prepared for Euston. • North London Waste Plan - this will set out polices relating to waste and identify sites for major recycling and other waste handling facilities in North London. It has been prepared jointly by Camden and the six other boroughs in the North London Waste Authority area. • Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD) - these will provide additional detailed guidance on how the Council’s planning strategy and policies will be implemented for specific topics, areas or sites. In some cases more detailed explanation is needed to guide the development of sites and these might be in the form of planning briefs. National Planning Policy Framework The Government published the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in March 2012. The NPPF replaces the majority of previously published Planning Policy Statements (PPS) and Planning Policy Guidance (PPG) which made up national policy. The NPPF must be taken into account in the preparation of local and neighbourhood plans, and is a material consideration in planning decisions. Local Plans must be prepared with the objective of contributing to the achievement of sustainable development, including the presumption in favour of sustainable development. This means that when considering development proposals relating to this plan the Council will take a positive approach that reflects the presumption contained in the NPPF. It will always work proactively with applicants to jointly find solutions, which mean that proposals can be approved, wherever possible, to secure development that improves economic, social and environmental conditions in Camden. Planning applications that accord with up-to-date land use, design and development principles in this Plan (and with the up-to-date policies in the Camden Core Strategy, Camden Development Policies and, where relevant, any neighbourhood plans) will be approved without delay and applications that conflict will be refused, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. Where there are no policies relevant to the application or relevant policies are out of date at the time of making the decision then the Council will grant permission unless material considerations indicate otherwise – taking into account whether: • Any adverse impacts of granting permission would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, when assessed against the policies in the National Planning Policy Framework taken as a whole; or • Specific policies in the NPPF indicate that development should be restricted. London Plan The Mayor of London’s revised London Plan 2011 provides the London-wide context for borough planning policies and Camden’s plans must be in general conformity.